Cooling of the tip of a blade
A turbine blade including an open cavity at its distal tip, the cavity being defined by a bottom wall and a side wall extending along the perimeter of the distal tip in an extension of the upper and lower walls of the blade, the side wall of the cavity including an opening in a vicinity of the leading edge of the blade opening into the cavity. A deflector extends at least in the middle portion of the cavity between the leading edge and the trailing edge.
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention concerns a turbine blade and, more particularly, can concern a hollow blade of a gas turbine rotor, of the high-pressure type, of a turbojet engine.
2. Description of the Related Art
As illustrated in
The rims 9 and 10 make it possible to ensure a wear zone between the bottom wall 7 and the casing 16 that makes it possible to absorb the contact between the distal tip of the blade 3 and the casing 16. Moreover, they make it possible to limit the passage of gas from the upper surface toward the lower surface generating aerodynamic losses that are detrimental to the yield. Due to the high temperatures of the gases passing through the turbine and the high rotational speeds of the blade, the walls of the blade and of the cavity 5 can locally reach critical temperatures.
Document EP 1 221 537 proposes cooling these walls by forming an opening on the side wall of the cavity in the vicinity of the leading edge of the blade, preferably on the lower surface side. Moreover, this opening may potentially have a small inner rim that channels the gases entering the cavity through said opening. However, the solution proposed by this document does not allow sufficient cooling of several zones of the cavity.
Indeed, the gradient of the temperatures T of the gases in the vicinity of the blade depending on the height H of the vein of the gases (
The aim of the present invention is to improve the cooling of said zone and of the entire open cavity of the distal tip of a turbine blade. More particularly, the present invention proposes to improve the local cooling of the zone situated at the apex of the blade, in the vicinity of the trailing edge, on the lower surface side.
To achieve this aim, the object of the invention is a turbine blade having a cavity open at its distal tip, said cavity being defined by a bottom wall and a side wall extending along the perimeter of said distal tip in the extension of the lower surface and upper surface walls of the blade, the side wall of the cavity having an opening in the vicinity of the leading edge of the blade opening into the cavity, and a deflector extending at least in the median portion of the cavity between the leading edge and the trailing edge.
The advantage of such a blade is that the deflector makes it possible to direct the relatively cooler gas flows (see
The invention also concerns a turbine comprising at least one blade according to the invention and a turbomachine, such as an airplane turbojet engine, comprising at least one such turbine.
The invention and its advantages will be better understood upon reading the following detailed description of different embodiments shown as non-limiting examples. This description refers to the appended figures, in which:
A first embodiment of the invention is described in reference to
In this example, the opening 20 of the side wall 9, 10 of the cavity 5 is a recess. The height of this recess can vary according to different embodiments. Here, the recess extends over the entire height of the side wall 9, 10 of the cavity 5. This recess height has the advantage, for a given width, of providing the cavity with a maximum gas flow.
In this first embodiment, the deflector 21 has several interesting features. The deflector 21 is essentially perpendicular to the bottom wall 7 of the cavity 5. This positioning of the deflector 21 relative to the bottom wall 7 of the cavity 5 improves the orientation of the gas toward the zone C to be cooled.
The active face 24 of the deflector 21 is concave, the concavity of the deflector 21 having essentially the same orientation as the concavity of the blade 2. In this way, the deflector 21 has a dual advantage. First, for a given length, a concave deflector fits optimally into the cavity 5. Then, this allows the deflector 21 to impose a stream line on the gas flow that best fits the shape of the lower rim 9 of the cavity 5. Thus, while orienting the cooling gas flow toward the zone C, other zones of the cavity 5 are also cooled by this cooling gas current, which circulates along the lower rim 9. Of course the concavity of the deflector 21 is not limited to the illustrated example and can advantageously be adjusted to each type of blade.
The upstream tip 18 of the deflector 21 is distant from the leading edge 12 of the blade 2. Likewise, the lower tip 19 of the deflector 21 is distant from the trailing edge 14 of the blade 2. These distances relative to the leading and trailing edges make it possible to adjust the direction of the flows and the quantity of cooling gas guided. The relative distances of the deflector relative to the upper 9 and lower 10 rims are also important parameters that make it possible to optimize such a system.
Still in reference to
A second embodiment of the invention is described in reference to
This second example illustrates a hollow blade 2 supplied with cooling gas, and the deflector 21 includes cooling holes 26 communicating with at least one hollow portion of the blade. These cooling holes are radial bores in the deflector 21. They open into an inner cavity of the blade 2 situated under the deflector 21. The cooling of the deflector 21 is thus ensured by pumping and heat conduction. Moreover, the cooling of the deflector 21 makes it possible to lower, by convection, the temperature of the gases deviated by the latter, consequently increasing the heat efficiency of the system.
A third embodiment of the invention is described in reference to
Because of the significant diameter of these dust extraction holes, it is necessary for the deflector 21 to have a greater thickness than in the preceding examples.
Claims
1. A turbine blade comprising:
- an open cavity at a distal tip of the blade, the cavity being defined by a bottom wall and a side wall extending along a perimeter of the distal tip in a continuous extension of a lower surface wall and an upper surface wall of the blade;
- an opening provided in the side wall of the cavity in a vicinity of a leading edge of the blade opening into the cavity; and
- a deflector which extends at least in a median portion of the cavity between the leading edge and a trailing edge,
- wherein the deflector includes a first concave face and a second convex face, the first concave face facing a lower surface wall side of the side wall and the second convex face facing an upper surface wall side of the side wall, and
- wherein an upstream tip of the deflector is distant from the leading edge of the blade and a downstream tip of the deflector is distant from the trailing edge of the blade such that the deflector is separate from the side wall.
2. The blade according to claim 1, wherein the opening of the side wall of the cavity is situated in the vicinity of the leading edge of the blade, on the lower surface side.
3. The blade according to claim 1, wherein the deflector is essentially perpendicular to the bottom wall of the cavity.
4. The blade according to claim 1, wherein the first concave face of the deflector is an active face of the deflector, and concavity of the deflector is essentially a same orientation as concavity of the blade.
5. The blade according to claim 1, wherein an upstream portion of the deflector is oriented toward the leading edge of the blade.
6. The blade according to claim 1, wherein a downstream portion of the deflector is oriented toward the trailing edge of the blade.
7. The blade according to claim 1, wherein the opening of the side wall of the cavity is a hole.
8. The blade according to claim 1, wherein the opening of the side wall of the cavity is a recess.
9. The blade according to claim 1, wherein the blade is hollow and supplied with cooling gas, and wherein the deflector includes cooling holes connected with at least one hollow portion of the blade.
10. The blade according to claim 1, wherein the blade is hollow and supplied with cooling gas, and wherein the deflector includes dust extraction holes communicating with at least one hollow portion of the blade.
11. A turbine including at least one blade according to claim 1.
12. A turbomachine or an airplane turbojet engine, comprising at least one turbine according to claim 11.
13. The blade according to claim 9, wherein the deflector includes dust extraction holes communicating with the at least one hollow portion of the blade, the dust extraction holes having a larger diameter than the cooling holes.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 4, 2009
Date of Patent: Mar 18, 2014
Patent Publication Number: 20110135496
Assignee: SNECMA (Paris)
Inventors: Erwan Botrel (Alfortville), Régis Grohens (Tournan en Brie)
Primary Examiner: Edward Look
Assistant Examiner: William Grigos
Application Number: 12/921,295
International Classification: F01D 5/18 (20060101);